After a decade of controversy, Newton North High School finally opened on Walnut Street in Newtonville. With a price tag of $197.5 million, it is the most expensive public school ever built in Massachusetts. At right is the Newton North football field. Read related story about the opening Share your...

Growing up in Hyde Park and starring at West Roxbury High School, Manny Delcarmen dreamed of pitching for the Red… Manny Delcarmen - West Roxbury High School - Boston Red Sox - Hyde Park - United States Go here to see the original:  Delcarmen dealt to Rockies

Start the school year right: Forget these 10 language laws Education - Linguistics - Language - Social Sciences - Natural See original here:  Un-rules

NOW IN SESSION With students soon back in school, perhaps you’d care to reignite (or revisit) an academic state of mind. Here is a roundup of films that capture the academic spirit of high school and may inspire you to hit the books (or at least remind you of your school days). View post:  Fall...

Herald    Americans in zone Globe   Loose Ends: Rondo sits, House talks Walker looking into training camp CelticsBlog   Rajon Rondo Foot Locker Commercial Reserve Roles: Avery Bradley or Von Wafer? CelticsLife    SQ #21 & 22–Odds About Even...

More photos » Zach Long - AP Could Avery Bradley supplant Von Wafer as one of the Celtics’ primary backups? (AP Photo/Zach Long, File) Browse more photos » Based on everything we’ve read and heard, Avery Bradley and Von Wafer are two different types of basketball players, with...

More photos » Isaac Brekken - AP Boxer Oscar De La Hoya, left, speaks as NBA basketball star Shaquille O’Neal looks on during a taping of the television show “Shaq VS” at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 Browse more photos » Herald    ...

Gasson Hall at Boston College tagged Bostonist by richietown Mary Daly, longtime Boston College professor and radical elemental feminist (post/Christian) theologian, passed away last weekend. Daly often criticized the “eight deadly sins of the fathers: processions, professions, possession, aggression,...

EandJsFilmCrew was in Harvard Square before the new year and took a perfectly exposed shot of the Out of Town News stand. Taken with a DSLR and processed as a B&W, this shot shows a lot of dynamic range and good detail. Here is the original post: Photo of the Day, January 5, 2010: Out of Town...

5. The Senate campaign . When the most interesting thing to come out of the campaign for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat was Republican candidate Scott Brown’s happy trail, you know our democracy is in trouble. We’ve already seen what kind of kinky S&M games Republican Senate candidate...